Irvin to Raiders (Clayton—9.25 million per year)

[LickMyNuts]

Raiders are gunna be nasty

Yep, free agent signings always equal success in the nfl.

 

[pehawk]

Raiders are gunna be nasty

Yep, free agent signings always equal success in the nfl.

#missingthepoint

 

[drdiags]

So how does Bruce go from being signed by Jax for 5 years (according to Ian Rappoport and others) to now having a tentative deal with the Raiders? I know they cannot actually sign anything until tomorrow nor have the players visit until the clock strikes 1 PM tomorrow but goes to show nothing is solid unless Adam Schefter or Mort report it. Or Jay Glazer.

There had been reports about Jax's Dave Caldwell throwing money in the air, celebrating his signing folks. This was supposed to include Irvin.

Hot Stove or Rumor mill at its finest.

 

[kearly]

Of all the non-Seahawk teams that could have signed him, I was hoping he'd go to Oakland or Jacksonville, since their cap situation will cause them to overpay. The more Irvin gets paid, the shinier the draft pick will be.

Irvin will be tough to replace. But this isn't surprising.

I wonder what will happen to Aldon Smith?

 

[MB12]

Raiders are gunna be nasty

Yep, free agent signings always equal success in the nfl.

#missingthepoint

Lol thanks Pe

 

[McGruff]

Of all the non-Seahawk teams that could have signed him, I was hoping he'd go to Oakland or Jacksonville, since their cap situation will cause them to overpay. The more Irvin gets paid, the shinier the draft pick will be.

Irvin will be tough to replace. But this isn't surprising.

I wonder what will happen to Aldon Smith?

Hmmm. . . :34853_tinfoil:

 

[kearly]

Maybe. I'm not as enamored with Bruce as others have become seemingly out of nowhere.

Certainly has tools though.

I just hope the next Seahawks LB can be as tough and as versatile. And as mentioned, toolsy.

KJ Wright recent said that Irvin was "critical" to our defense. I wouldn't go that far, but I do think that Irvin added a ton of hidden value by doing the little things better than most.

 

[pehawk]

Bruce is/was an unspoken leader. He added some bully, dawg, grit, street cred, whatever you want to call it. He's going to be missed. He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno "I didn't realize" type of way.

 

[Rocket]

Ouch. Good for Bruce and Oakland though.

"Nice signing, huh?" - Al Davis,smiling from heaven, with his arm around Muhammad.

Boy... you a troublemaker.
How many spoons you got with microscopic feces remaining on 'em?

 

[Rocket]

He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno way.

Yep... Exactly.

 

[pehawk]

Ouch. Good for Bruce and Oakland though.

"Nice signing, huh?" - Al Davis,smiling from heaven, with his arm around Muhammad.

Boy... you a troublemaker.
How many spoons you got with microscopic feces remaining on 'em?

Racist

 

[oldhawkfan]

Anyone seen $/years yet?

 

[JSeahawks]

He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno way.

Yep... Exactly.

So, not at all then?

 

[Our Man in Chicago]

Ouch. Good for Bruce and Oakland though.

"Nice signing, huh?" - Al Davis,smiling from heaven, with his arm around Muhammad.

Boy... you a troublemaker.
How many spoons you got with microscopic feces remaining on 'em?

Racist

ZING.

 

[pehawk]

He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno way.

Yep... Exactly.

So, not at all then?

Haha. Fair enough

 

[Hasselbeck]

Of all the non-Seahawk teams that could have signed him, I was hoping he'd go to Oakland or Jacksonville, since their cap situation will cause them to overpay. The more Irvin gets paid, the shinier the draft pick will be.

Irvin will be tough to replace. But this isn't surprising.

I wonder what will happen to Aldon Smith?

I sure wouldn't mind taking a flyer on Aldon, and with his history he could be had on an Avril/Bennett like deal.

 

[Hasselbeck]

He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno way.

Yep... Exactly.

So, not at all then?

So are you telling me given the opportunity, you wouldn't have taken Carp and Breno on last years team?

 

[JSeahawks]

He'll be missed in a James Carpenter, Breno way.

Yep... Exactly.

So, not at all then?

Haha. Fair enough

Actually I do think Irvin will be missed quite a bit. Never found myself missing our old crappy olinemen when watching our new crappy olinemen though.

 

[thegreeninyoureye]

That sucks I liked Bruce he was our best cover lb. Can not keep them all I guess. For all of those that would be happy with the comp pick I guess its better than getting nothing. Just sucks that you spend a 1st round pick on a player develop them for 4 years then you loose him for what a third maybe a 2nd if we are lucky. We don't even know if they will pan out I would of rather just kept Bruce. I understand though win some loose sum. The show must go on sad day for me but one I expected. I just had a little hope that we would retain him.

 

[massari]

I wonder what will happen to Aldon Smith?

If a team signs Aldon Smith, will he be allowed to participate in practices before his suspension is up or is he banned completely from everything?